“Outside of its impact on Māori and race relations in Aotearoa, a significant long-term consequence of this bill will be the removal of one of the most important protections the New Zealand public have to the unwanted and harmful privatisation of state assets.” — John Murrie.
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Parliament’s “dignity” rests on “a structure introduced less than 200 years ago, where members are required to swear allegiance to a foreign monarch who has no power but plenty of wealth derived from colonisation and slavery.” — Suzanne Menzies-Culling.
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“The Treaty Principles Bill may be a lame duck without National and New Zealand First’s continued support, but te iwi Māori have already stirred in a way not seen in at least 20 years.” — Jamie Tahana.
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“Grandma is too ill to make the hīkoi this year, but all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be there in force.” — Herewini Ammunson, on the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti (march for Te Tiriti).
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“The Bill would introduce new principles that have no legitimacy, and this would undermine the founding document in our constitutional arrangements, bringing into question the legitimacy of the Crown and its institutions.” — Caren Fox.
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“David kept arguing that there are no examples anywhere in the world where people have successfully shared sovereignty under one nation. Well, he’s wrong.” — Helmut Modlik on his debate with David Seymour.
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“It is an act of bad faith and deep dishonour that the Crown is seeking to unilaterally amend how the Treaty is interpreted in all laws without the free, prior and informed consent of Māori.” — Tai Ahu and Natalie Coates.
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“The Crown can’t legitimately hold this debate without the other parties — the hapū and iwi of Aotearoa — and they haven’t been included.” — Catherine Delahunty on the Treaty principles bill.
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“All the values our old people gave us to live by enhance the successful pursuit of economic endeavours. Our story has proven that that’s so.” — Helmut Modlik, chief executive of Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira.
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“The Crown, including the courts and the parliament, seized on the ‘principles’ as a device to maintain the status quo and to avoid the realities of Te Tiriti.” — Ngā Toki Whakarururanga.
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“These policies are consistent with an alarming pattern of the Crown using the policy process and parliamentary sovereignty against Māori.” — Dr Caren Fox, Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal.
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“It is an act of extreme bad faith for one party to a treaty to try to change the terms of that treaty without seeking the agreement from the other parties.” — Dr Carwyn Jones.
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Act’s proposed Treaty principles “contain barely an echo of the actual terms and conditions of Te Tiriti. They don’t even mention Māori.” — Melanie Nelson.
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“If you look at Te Tiriti from a community perspective, it’s actually about balance and a promise between two peoples to take the best possible care of each other.” — Te Huia Bill Hamilton.
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“Just what these principles are, and how they should be interpreted in law, remain open to contest — including by those who argue the principles actually limit some of the political rights that fairly belong to Māori people.” — Dominic O’Sullivan.
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